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Astrid or Ameerah is a Belgian singer/ tv presenter who raise to fame in 2003 as being one of the participants during the talent show 'Idols'. She did not win the show, but she did manage to be one of the ten finalist. As the songs she sang were quite disco'ish she got a record deal and appeared in early 2004 in one of the quarter finals of the Belgian selection show for the Eurovision Song Contest with 'Don't You Stop the Music'. She did not win the ticket to Istanbul but she did have a huge hit in Belgium....

Kishori Amonkar (April 10, 1932 – April 3, 2017) was an Indian classical vocalist. She is considered to be one of the foremost singers in the Hindustani tradition and is an innovator of the Jaipur gharana, or a community of musicians sharing a distinctive musical style. She was a performer of the classical genre khyal and the light classical genres thumri and bhajan. Amonkar trained under her mother, classical singer Mogubai Kurdikar of the Jaipur gharana (musical tradition of Jaipur), but experimented with a variety of vocal styles in her career. She is considered one of the pre-eminent representatives of...

Arthi Meera's vocal-centric, stripped-down sound is likely the result of a background in North Indian classical voice and a steady diet of Britpop and shoegaze since adolescence. After years of piano lessons and an unimpressive stint with the flute, she found a good friend in the acoustic guitar. Arthi performed regularly as a student in Claremont, California, playing solo shows and opening for touring bands on campus, including the Autumns and We Are Scientists. Upon graduating, she returned home to Chicago, hitting the open mic circuit and playing venues around the city (South Union Arts, Hot House, Silvies Lounge, Red...